Heart Chakra

The Heart Chakra, also called Anahata is located in the center of the chest.

This chakra is all about love, compassion, selflessness, and trust. It is about loving oneself, all beings and non-beings. It is about being open to both give and receive the infinite love, which is like an endless ocean. The Heart Chakra thrives off of having loving-kindness towards all the cosmos, a love that eliminates all borders of “self” and extends to encompass all that is. This artwork illustrates this message by the figure extending love symbolized by a warm light. She extends this love to herself, the forest, the stars, and the Luna moth that rests in her hair, the Phyllomedusa Bicolor frog on her right arm, and the fireflies in the background.

When the Heart Chakra is blocked, it can manifest as loneliness, hatred, and cold-heartedness. This artwork demonstrates that by having the setting be a cold arctic forest. If it was not for the warm light of love, she would be left in the cold, dark forest. Similarly, love is what lights the way and gives us warmth and comfort in this existence.

The Heart Chakra is represented by the color green. The element of this chakra is air, which is visually represented by the northern lights which are made of oxygen and nitrogen. The figure is also adorned Green Aventurine necklaces, which is a crystal associated with the Heart Chakra.